Re: If you work with removing Rootkits you should read this.

From: Matt Gibson (mattg_at_blueedgetech.ca)
Date: 03/10/05


Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 14:15:47 -0800

Why don't you just run Rootkit revealer from Bart-PE...you'll get mostly the
same level of reporting.

Oh, and rootkit revealer was released shortly after that paper was...many
think in a reponse TO that paper.

Matt Gibson - GSEC

"Bigbruva" <Richardh@dontusethis.ws> wrote in message
news:e%23wCShaJFHA.2936@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> Hi all
>
> I came across this excellent whitepaper on the Microsoft Research Web
> site.
> It discusses a tool they have developed that will detect Rootkits (or
> Ghostware as they call it), rather like the Sysinternals RootkitRevealer
> but with some very interesting "Out of Box" scanning capability.
>
> http://research.microsoft.com/research/pubs/view.aspx?type=Technical%20Report&id=875
>
> If you work will removing Rootkits etc it looks like we will have a
> Microsoft tool to help, the only question is when?
> From the Web site:
>
> "Strider GhostBuster will be released either as a research prototype or as
> part of Microsoft products. "
>
> Please MS release this tool soon! Pretty please! :-)
>
>
> BB
>



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